Abstract: This paper presents the results of a static load test (SLT) and two dynamic load tests (DLTs) performed on a closed-ended steel pipe pile (CEP) with an outer diameter B=610  mm (24 in.) driven into a gravelly-sand ...

Abstract: When penetrometers or probes are pushed into sand, complex displacement fields, strain fields, and shear band patterns develop. Deep and shallow penetration processes in sands generate substantially different patterns. ...